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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GENETICS

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Number of nucleotides in the human genome: 3 BLION

Number of genes in the genome: 21000

All the human beings differentiate one from the 3 MILIONS OF other in the genome: NUCLEOTIDES

Patented human genes: 4000

Numbers of time that you can cover the distance Earth-Sun with all the DNA present in the human body: 1200

Genes dedicated to brain functions: 15000

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TWISTED WORDS Find the 22 scientific words that deal with genetics, written in vertical, horizontal, diagonal and also from right to left and bottom-up.

C P T I Z E R D R E C N S D E Y N R Z Z M F M V E O O U O M T O A J V O J P D D M P L G O O D N O I S D G O N L I W P S S T S R L O T C U I A R R E O I H C I Y B Q E C A T X S P M N Y R N O I T A L S N A R T O E M I X Y R T I G O R I Q C R L I P F V I G E S E M O N V H I N T G O A N X M Z U E X E C C E I N S E N Y S A M I R P T A A O E T X L A D E N I N E S R P N I N O I T A T U M H O S U H C N P T R A N S P O S O N V S H O W P W O U G T R N A C

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